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J.-B. GOODWIN. 1 FOLDING AND SWINGING GATE.

(No' Modell.)

No. 381,064. Patented Ap'r. 10.1888.

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To'aZZ whom t may concern:

'I UNITED STATES y JOHN B. GOODWIN, on PROVIDENCE,

`RHODE IsLAND, AssroNon; To

WILLIAM I. GOODWIN, OFsAME PLACE. I

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SPECIFICATION forming partei Letters.l Patent: NQ; 381,064. datedAprulo, leas. A Y Application filed October 1 2, 1887. Serial No.252.1700. (Nd model.) l l Y Be it Y,known that I, JOHN B. GOODWIN, ofProvidence, 'in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,vhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding andlSwinging Gates, of which' the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of thisspecitication. f

This invention relates to a folding and swinging gate of the charactershown and described f in United States Letters Patent No. 369,284,

granted to me August 30, 188,7, and is an improvement upon the aforesaidpatent, to which e reference is hereby made for the more thoroughVunderstanding of this invention.

The objectsfof my invention are .to faoilltate 'the operations both offoldingand extending the gate; to more securely brace the gate whenextended, thereby rendering'this class of gates quite rigid; toautomatically lock ythe gate so vasto prevent folding of the same,and tocatch and hold the gate against lateral play when in extended position.

To the aforesaid purposes my invention,

brieiy stated, consists, essentially, in an operating-rod hinged by oneend to theffolding gate and pivoted by the other end to'atraveler orslide moving on the vertical hinge-bar of the gate; inthe brace-barpivoted to the operating-rod, and the slotted brace-links piv-z oted tothe brace bar, and the hooked lugs on the uprights of the,A gate toreceive the said links; in the latch device on the'operatingrod forengaging one of the uprights of the gate to lock the same,rand in thetwo-way or double snap-latches for catching and holding theouter end ofthe gate to preventlateral play or wabbling'of the gate when extended.In order that my invention ymay be fully understood, I have illustratedin the accompanying ydrawings the best forms thereof so far devised byme, with the knowledgethat such forms admit of modification, withouthowever making 'a substantial departurefrom the rspirit of my invention,as hereinafterl described and claimed.' i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broadside vview of myimproved folding and swinging gate in extended position, and shown p asmounted at one of the side entrances of the The traveller is providedwith the rollers 42,

I platform of an ordinary'railway-gcar, which is vshown ,in portion.Fig. 2 is an enlarged de vwhich support and-'operate the .uprights orpalings 12.,l The gate turns on the hinge-bar Fig. tis aaen-` 14e, andis suspended from the connecting-rod l same in the above-referred topatent,

- Aspart of-thepresentinventionl introduce f the operating rod orlever35,Which is'pivoted on the pin 36, fixed across the casingk 37, which issecured upon the connecting-rod 16which is formed with the vertical slot38, (shown in Fig. 2,) for the rod'35 to move through. The g 8O otherend of the operating-rod 35 ishinged by the bolt 43 .to the traveler orslide. 39,"which consists` of two kmembers secured together with thescrew 40', and this traveler works up 16, depending from'the travelinghanger 17. 7G All the aforesaid parts are constructed and are idesignedto operate as described for the l andY down in the slot 41 in thehingeLbar '14, 1

tolessen'the friction in reciprocating., The handle44 is formed integralwith the/bolt43.-v It is@ evident that by grasping the handlep44C andmoving it up and down, so as to reciprocate the slide 39 on itsbearings, thegate willf'go f be folded and extended alternately. To ren-Y der the manipulation of the gate easier, I pivot the brace-rod45tonear the center oftheV operating-rod 35,and pass'the pin 46,attached.,`

to the lower end of the brace-rod',througlithe slots 4'7, formedincorresponding ends of the vbrace-links 48 and49, which are hinged bytheir other ends to they hingebar lt'and the p connectingrod 16,respectively.. Near thev lower ends ofthe uprights 12,'and in ah'orizon-.tal line, are secured thehookedlugs 50,'which receive and snugly holdthe brace-links when ICO the latter are in the horizontal positionsshown in lfiig.` 1. As the operating-rodl is moved upward by one end,the attached brace-bar will be raised vertically, as shown at one pointof its movement by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the links will be movedout of the hooks and drawn up at an 'angle toward each other, and willallow the gate to `be folded. These several additional pieces-namely,the rod 35, the brace 45, and the links 48 and 49--make the gate morerigid and better able to resist pressure than the heretoforeconstructions.

The operating-rod 35 is recessed, as at 51, on the under side thereof,in order to receive and hold the heads of the uprights 12. By virtueofthis construction the rod 35 is made to act as afguard-rail and as astrengtheningpiece for the gate when the latter is in extended position.

The gate is locked automatically, so as to prevent the folding of thesame, by means of the bolt 52, which is set in the socket 53, formed inthe operating-rod 35. One end of this socket is temporarily closed by ascrewplug, 54, which is set therein after the main part of the latch andthe spring which actuates the latch are inserted in the socket. Thethumb'piece of the bolt projects through an opening, 56, leading intothe socket. The end of the bolt 52 takes into the notch 57, formed inthe' upright 12, the entering of which into the recess 5l automaticallysnapsthe bolt and locks the gate against folding, in an obvious manner.The gate can be readily unlocked by retracting the bolt 52 by hand andthen manipulating the operating-rod 35, as before described.

To prevent lateral play or wabbling of the gate when extended as shownin Fig. 1, I pro'-,

vide the double or two-way snap-latches 58, which consist each in thefixed plate 59, on which is pivoted a pair of oppositely-disposedlatches or trips, 60, each having a spring, 61, tending to keep itpressed outward. These springs are set in sockets 62, drilled in the bedon which the plate is mounted, the bed also being formed with a slit,63, to receive the latches when depressed. The latches 58 are placed inalignment with the gate, and are fixed upon the side of the car, so asto receive and hold the outer upright, 12, in position. Should the gate'when extended lie to either side of the latches, the gate may be readilysnapped into position from either side and "held against lateralmovement by the latches 2. The combination, as hereinbefore set forth,

with a folding gate provided with the uprights,

of an 'operating-rod hinged to one of the uprights and provided with alocking device engaging one of the other uprights, wherebythe gate maybe securely locked against, folding, substantial] y as and for t-hepurpose herein described.

3. The combination,as hereinbeforesetforth, with a folding gate havingthe uprights, ot an operating-rod recessed to receive the upper ends ofsaid uprights and hinged by one end `to the gate, whereby theoperating-rod may actas a brace for the uprights when the gate isextended, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

4. Thecombination,as hereinbefore set forth, with a folding gate andanoperatingrod hinged thereto and acting to extend and fold the gate byits movements, of the bracelinks pivoted t0 the gate near the basethereof by their cor responding ends,and the pivoted brace-barintermediate the said operating-rod and the other ends of the saidlinks, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. Y

5. The combination,ashereinbeforesetforth, with a folding gate havingthe uprights provided with the hooked lugs, of the operatingrod hingedto the gate, the brace-links pivoted by corresponding ends to the gate,near the base thereof, and adapted to engage with the said lugs when thegate is extended, the bracebar pivoted to the other ends of thebracelinks and pivoted to the operating-rod, substantially as and forthe purpose herein described.

6. The combination,as hereinbeforeset forth, with the hin ge-bar and thefolding gate having the uprights, of the operating-rod hinged to thegate and having a movable or sliding connection with the hinge-bar, thebrace-links pivoted by their corresponding ends to the uprights of thegate, and the brace-bar pivoted to the operating-rod and to the otherends of the brace-links, substantially as and for the purpose hereindescribed.

7. Thecombination,ashereinbeforesetforth, with the slotted hinge-bar andthe folding gate having theuprights, of the traveler provided withrollers and mounted on the hinge -bar and taking through the slotthereof, the operating-rod hinged by one end to the gate and hinged bythe other end to the traveler on the hinge-bar, and provided with ahandle, substantially as and for the purpose herein deholding the outerend of the gate when the IOC samey is extended; substantial]yA as*andfon the yIO l10. The l' combination, as hereinbefore set forth, withthe folding gate 11, ofthe operata. ing-rod 35, hinged by one end to thegate and acting to fold and extend the gate, as de;

- 11. The combination, -as `hereinbefore set:

forth,with the hinge-bar 14 and the folding gate 11,0f the operating-rod35, hinged by one end to Y the gate and movably connected by the otherend to the hinge-bar 14,- substantially as and for the purpose hereindescribed.

12. The combination, as hereinbefore set forth, with the hinge-bar 14,formed with slot 41, and thevfolding gate 11, attached to the bar andthe connecting-rod 16 ofthe operating-rod 35, pivoted to the rod 16,-the slideor traveler 39,mounted on the hinge-bar`14, and

the rod35, hingedftheretdthe brace-ba`1f45, pivoted to the rod 35, andthe slotted bracerods 48 andv 49,hinged to the Lhinge-.bar 14 and y theconnecting-rod 16, respectively, and4 hinged tothe brace-bar scribed. K

13. The combination, as hereinbefore set` forth,with the folding gate11, having the up- 45, substantially as de-` rights 12, provided Withthe hooked lugs 50, c

Vof the operating-rod 35,n hinged,to the gate,

andthe slotted"brace-#links y48uand 49, the

said links, Vs'ubsta'n'tiallyas described.

14. The combination, as hereinbeforeset forth, with the hinge-bai* 14,formed with slot 41,

andthe gate 11,'h'a'v'ing the connecting-rod'l,

of the slidey or .traveler39', Working on the .hinge-bar, theoperating-rod 35,'hinged `to rodirv 1 6 and pivoted to the slide39,1'and providedv with the handle 44,'and formed with the rei Jcesses51, the brace-links 48 and 49, andthe brace-bar 45,internihediatefthclinks and the .Y

brace-rod, asdescribed.'

. 15.y The 'combinationmith the gate '11; hav-V` ing the Yuprights 12,one of Which..is notched at 57, of .the operating-rodv35, formed `withAthe socket 53 and opening 56, and the springupright, as described.'

16. The combination,v forth,with the folding gate 1.1, of the'two-Way.

as hereinbefore set acted bolt 52, for engaging the notch`57 ofthe 1 xsnap-latches 5.8, for preventing lateral play of v lthe gatewhenextended as described. j

Witnesses: v

VJ. A. MILLER, Jr., i M. F. BLIHGH.

JOHN RGOODWIN 30 'brace-bar 45,`intermediate the rod 3.5 and the i

